Clearer records for children's homes

Practical tools for care staff, from residential support workers to registered managers. Check a record against the regulations before it's filed, and spend less of the shift on paperwork.

Every record is checked against

The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015
The Quality Standards
Ofsted's SCCIF
Working Together to Safeguard Children 2026
DfE guidance on reducing restraint
The Care Planning Regulations 2010

Daily log, Saturday 10 OctoberExample report

1Must fix

2Should fix

1Could improve

Must fix
Say who was told about the missing-from-care episode, and when.
Paragraph 4 · before filing or sharing
Should fix
Record the young person's own view of the evening, in their words.
Paragraph 2 · within 48 hours
Could improve
Replace "kicked off" with a description of what happened.
Paragraph 3 · no deadline

Each finding says where it is and when to fix it

How it checks

Word, PDF or pasted textOpen a file or paste a record
Nothing uploadedRecords stay on your device
Three levelsMust fix, Should fix, Could improve

Three tools for the records that matter at inspection

Use Scripta Check today. Scripta Logs and Scripta Staff are being built, and you can try their previews with sample records. Open any of them from the Tools menu at the top.

Scripta Check

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Record screening for children's homes. Choose the document type, then paste the text or open a Word or PDF file.

A short list of what to change and where, sorted by how soon
A tick-list report to hand to staff
Nothing you paste or open is uploaded

Scripta Logs

Preview with sample records

A records and documentation system for children's homes, built around a home's day: daily logs, incidents, medication, keywork and policies.

Managers see what needs attention first
Staff see what's changed since their last shift
Every edit keeps its reason and history

Scripta Staff

Preview with sample staff

Rotas, shift swaps, annual leave and staff files for children's homes. Each person only sees what their role allows.

Swap shifts or pick up free shifts, with a manager's say-so
A warning before anyone goes over 48 hours or gets short rest
Training, supervision and recruitment checks in each file

Built around what inspectors look for

Every check is grounded in the six frameworks a children's home works to and is inspected against. Each finding is sorted by how soon it needs fixing.

Every finding gets one of three levels, so staff know what to change first.

Must fixShould fixCould improve

How Scripta Check uses them

SI 2015/541

The Children's Homes (England) Regulations 2015

The legal duties on every registered children's home.

Regulations 6 to 14

The Quality Standards

The nine standards for children's experiences and progress.

Ofsted

The SCCIF

How Ofsted judges a children's home at inspection.

DfE 2026

Working Together to Safeguard Children

How concerns about a child are shared and acted on.

DfE 2019

Reducing restraint and restrictive intervention

When restraint is justified, and how it is recorded and learned from.

SI 2010/959

The Care Planning Regulations 2010

Placement plans, reviews and social worker visits.

For everyone who writes or signs off a record

Residential support workers

Check a log or incident report before the end of the shift.

Team leaders

Pick up gaps early and give staff a clear list to work from.

Deputy managers

Review records faster and keep a trail of what changed.

Registered managers

See where records fall short of the Quality Standards before an inspection does.

Records stay on your device

Scripta Check runs in your browser. Nothing you paste or open is uploaded, saved or shared.

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Designed by care professionals, for care professionals

Built by people with real experience of working in children's homes, from support worker to registered manager.

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